King Osei Gyan (born 22 December 1988) is a Ghanaian former professional

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who played as a

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. He played for

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and

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Club career

Gyan trained at the

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in Ghana before leaving his home country for the United States to further his football career. While attending Dunn School, Gyan was honored as a 2005 NSCAA/adidas Boys High School All-America Team. That same year, he was awarded the 2005 NSCAA/adidas High School Boys State Player of the Year for the state of

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. In 2006, he joined the youth system of English Premiership club

, and in 2008 was loaned to Belgian Jupiler League side

until 2010 due to work permit issues. He was released in the summer of 2010. In January 2011, Gyan joined Canadian club

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on trial for their pre-season in

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, Turkey. After a two-week training camp with

, he signed a contract with the

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club. Swedish club

signed him on a one-year contract after a week of tryouts on 11 February 2014. Gyan retired from professional football in 2016, and has since worked for the

International career

Gyan represented

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at senior international level in a friendly fixture against

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in 2008.Young King dreaming of Black Stars call
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References

External links

Profile on Ghanaweb
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gyan, King Osei 1988 births Living people Footballers from Accra Ghanaian footballers Ghana international footballers Association football midfielders Right to Dream Academy players Fulham F.C. players Beerschot A.C. players Viking FK players Halmstads BK players Belgian First Division A players Eliteserien players Allsvenskan players Ghanaian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in England Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate footballers in Belgium Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Sweden Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate footballers in Norway Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Norway